"Amaryllidaceae" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... papers scattered through many volumes and very lengthy. I had to make an abstract of the whole. Herbert's volume on Amaryllidaceae very good, and two excellent papers in the 'Horticultural Journal.' For animals, no resume to be trusted at all; facts are to be collected from all original sources. (This caution is exemplified in the following extract from an earlier letter to Professor Huxley:—"The ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin |
